Procurement Specialist

About the role:

• The Procurement Specialist will be part of a focused, high caliber procurement team and will have responsibility to source and purchase assigned commodities in accordance with strict ethical standards and within business requirements with the objectives of attaining the procurement goals.

What you will do:

• Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions.

• Processes purchase requisitions, purchase change orders and requests for quotes to suppliers.

• Performs canvassing/bidding for required commodity in order to ensure best buy.

• Gathers quotations, examines bids and makes awards.

• Execute provisions in the Responsible Business Alliance Guidelines or Corporate Social Responsibility Guidelines with Suppliers.

• Negotiates prices with Suppliers including commercial terms and conditions in order to achieve cost savings and cost avoidance.

• Develops new supply sources where vendors and suppliers are no longer competitive.

• Performs cost analysis and volume planning for major commodities (e.g. factory consumables and materials, Warehousing and Logistics requirements, Professional services, etc.).

• Responsible for procurement business system data input and integrity.

  Interacts closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders (Operations, Engineering, QA, HR, Facilities, IT, SCM) to resolve quality and supply issues.

• Provide information, strategies, practices to stakeholders in order to ensure collective leveraging and advantages

• Conducts supplier evaluation and qualification, conduct supplier partnership meetings in order to have competent and qualified suppliers and ensure conformance of goods and service quality.

• Collects, consolidates and reports Key Initiatives and KPI in order to provide relevant information to suppliers and superior.

• Performs self-audit in order to ensure accuracy and correctness of activity in accordance to set standards.

What you will need:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or Business Administration (any Engineering Course).

• Relevant experience in Semiconductor or related Industry preferably in the area of Purchasing for at least 3 years

• Adept in Purchasing Business System (SAP, Oracle, or equivalent)

• Experience in cost modeling, cost analysis, negotiations, pricing, general purchasing & contracting.

• Understand manufacturing and quality assurance processes.

• Knowledge in RBA, CSR Guidelines or equivalent. 

• Prior experience in conducting Supplier Audits.

• Diligent, eager to learn, detail oriented, efficient

• Ability to build strong internal and external relationships.

• Attention to detail and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively

• Fluent in written and verbal communication (English)

• Knowledge in MS Office - adept in using Excel (Pivots, etc); 

  SAP (advantage)

Why work for us:

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Opportunities for professional development and growth

• A commitment to workplace safety and employee well-being

• An innovative and dynamic work environment

Talent acquisition based on Nexperia vacancies is not appreciated. Nexperia job adverts are Nexperia copyright material and the word Nexperia is a registered trademark.

D&I Statement

As an equal-opportunity employer, Nexperia values diversity not just because it is the right thing to do but because diverse teams perform better. We are dedicated to being inclusive, and a proof point of this dedication is that we were the main partner of the very first Dutch Paralympic Team NL House during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all, and we consider all applicants fairly, as well as providing a safe work environment and reasonable adjustments where requested.

In addition, we offer our colleagues the possibility to join employee resource groups such as the Pride Network Group or global and local Women's groups. Nexperia is committed to increasing women in management positions to 30% by 2030.